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I can think that both are bad places to different degrees for different reasons. Particularly when some would like for the US to become more like that.
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I can think that both are bad places to different degrees for different reasons. Particularly when some would like for the US to become more like that.
Indeed, and as a citizen of the US, that terrifies me.